The Greatest Investors

I decided to include a page of the Greatest Investors because back in 2001 after 9/11 when I became interested in investing, I realized that in order for one to be truly successful you have to follow the leaders. The greatest investors have something in common, they follow a certain strategy. They stay the course and always maintain a steady forward approach. They don' panic and actually profit during economic crisis such as the one we're in today. In your investing career these strategies should be the same. Never stop learning and follow the leaders. Remember did you fail to plan or plan to fail. These investors knew it all to well and that is why they succeeded. Remember that everyone fails, but failure is how we learn so don't be too hard on yourself and take the experience and learn from it. Here are a few of the greatest investors of all time. There are many more, but these are my favorites. I just added two more individuals who I truly believe are modern day heroes. Jim Rogers and Peter Schiff, read their books or watch a few of their videos on www.youtube.com. Buy their books which can be found in my Book Store link. Do not be afraid to mark up the books so you can easily refer back to certain pages, as I do. Also more importantly read them again and perhaps a 3rd time. Build an investing library keep your books and DVD's handy for easy access.

Jim Rogers - Jim Rogers is one of my favorite investors. Jim began his career with the famous George Soros. Together they co-founded the Quantum Fund back in the 70's. Jim retired in his late 30's and since has become a big critic of the current policies of the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Jim has written several books, but his latest two are indeed important books. A "Bull in China" and "Hot Commodities". I highly recommend them both, please check out my Book Store link to order these books and more from my Amazon.com link. Jim strongly believes that China/Asia is the place to be. Learn about how Commodities will soar as these folks become more affluent and want the luxuries that we have enjoyed for decades.

Peter Schiff - Peter Schiff is my second favorite investor. Peter is a huge celebrity on YouTube since he accurately predicted the current economic crises. You can actually hear the other panelists on shows laugh at him as he predicted what is currently happening two and three years ago. This is truly amazing stuff to watch. Peter has written two books as well. They are "Crash Proof", how to profit from the coming economic collapse and "The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets". I highly recommend these two books as well. I would actually read these two before the two Jim Rogers books I noted above. Please order them from the Book Store link on this site. Also visit the YouTube site and search for Peter Schiff. Listen to what he has to say as well as Jim Rogers. These two guys are truly amazing, modern day marvels. Peter Schiff is president of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Gerald Celente - Although Gerald is not an investor, I consider him another of my favorite guru's out there. He is similar to Jim Rogers and Peter Schiff. He is founder of Trends Research Institute in 1980, Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist. He is author of the national bestseller Trends 2000 and Trend Tracking (Warner Books). Gerald is truly amazing and I highly recommend that you visit his website trendsresearch.com and view some of his videos on youtube. Gerald's newsletter is publish quarterly and offers solid advice since current events form future trends. You can also hear Gerald on several radio shows and online shows such as Coast to Coast with George Noory and the Jeff Rense radio show. If I had to recommend just three guys, it would be Jim Rogers, Peter Schiff and Gerald Celente. With this team you need nothing else to be a successful investor.

John Bogle - Founder of The Vanguard Group. John created the Vanguard Group in 1974. It is one of the two largest mutual fund organizations in the world. It's headquarters is located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Vanguard has more than 100 mutual funds with current assets at 950 billion. The Vanguard 500 Index Fund is the largest fund in the group which John created in 1975. It was the first index mutual fund. John has received numerous awards and has served as chairman for various organizations. John Bogle has written several books.

Peter Lynch - Mr. Lynch is known for managing Fidelity's the Megellan Fund from 1977-1990. The fund grew from $18 million to $14 billion. Mr. Lynch most famous investment principal is that people "Invest in what you know". He has written a few books, One Up on Wall Street, Beating the Street and Learn to Earn. All three books are a must read for the new investor since Peter writes in a format that is easy to understand.

Jesse Livermore - Jesse Livermore Died in 1940 by suicide at the age of 63. He had no formal education or stock trading experience. However, he was quite a successful stock picker. He was a speculative investors, was a self made man with lots of winners and losers. He adopted a buy and hold strategy in a bull market and sell when it loses momentum. He studied the basic fundamentals of a company, the market and the economy. He publshed one book, How to Trade Stock, 1940. He also had a number of famous quotes, "Profits always take care of themselves but losses never do", and "The average man doesn't wish to be told that it is abull or a bear market. hwat he desires is to be told specifically what particular stock to buy or sell. he wants to get something for nothing. He does not wish to work. He doesn't even have to think."

William O'Neil - Born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1933. He graduated with a BA from Southern Methodist University in 1955. He started his career as a stockbroker with Hayden, Stone and Co. During his employment there he developed an investment strategy called CANSLIM. At 30 he was the youngest person on the NYSE to buy a seat on the exchange. He started his own newspaper in 1983 which became Investor's Business Daily in 1991. I personally buy it at least twice a week, the paper is an incredible tool to learn from. His CANSLIM acronym is as follows:

C - Current quarterly earnings per share are 25% higher than the previous year's quarterly earnings.

A - Annual earning are increasing by at least 25% from previous years.

N - New product, service or new management team. For example Apple computer with their famous Ipod and Iphone.

S - Supply and Demand, if the supply is low and the demand for the stock is high then the price of the stock is most likely to rise.

L - Leaders and Laggards, keep companies that are leaders and dump those who are laggards or weak from your portfolio.

I - Institutional Ownership - If institutions are buying such as pension funds and big brokerages houses, then you want to catch that wave. Not afterwards because the purchase of big institutions are the ones that drive up the price of a stock.

M - Market Direction, never buy stock in a down market (bear), always have cash ready on the sidelines to buy shares when the market in an up trend or bull market.